advantage in the conflict or that the joint production process exhibits increasing returns. Nor is there any presumption that …, the formation of alliances tends to reduce the severity of the conflict over the contestable resource. Furthermore …, despite the internal conflict that arises among the winning alliance’s members over the distribution of their joint product …

thus lessen the severity of the conflict at home. However, unless the marginal return from guarding against terrorism is … security among the groups against external threats and a greater conflict between them in the domestic struggle for power. …